Name: 3rd International Workshop Surface quality of continuously cast products – IWSQ-3
Start: 2026-03-12T09:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-13T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Hotel Weitzer Graz

3rd International Workshop Surface quality of continuously cast products – IWSQ-3

from Thursday 12 March 2026 (09:15) to Friday 13 March 2026 (16:00)

Monday 9 March 2026
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Thursday 12 March 2026

09:15 WELCOME COFFEE & REGISTRATION
WELCOME COFFEE & REGISTRATION
09:15 - 09:45

09:45 Welcome Addresses

09:45 - 10:00

10:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: “MOLD FLUXES AT A CROSSROADS: PERFORMANCE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND FUTURE NEEDS”: Panelists: Jung-wok Cho - POSTECH, Marco Alloni - PROSIMET, Maité Cornille - ArcelorMittal R&D Maizieres, Matthias Rohmann - Calderys
Panelists: Jung-wok Cho - POSTECH, Marco Alloni - PROSIMET, Maité Cornille - ArcelorMittal R&D Maizieres, Matthias Rohmann - Calderys
10:00 - 12:00

12:00 LUNCH
LUNCH
12:00 - 13:30
13:30 IMPACT OF TUNDISH AND MOLD FLUXES ON PRODUCT QUALITY
13:30 - 15:10
Contributions

13:30 Approaches to carbon-reduced and carbon-free mold powders in the continuous casting of aluminum-alloyed steels - Nathalie Gruber (Montanuniversität Leoben)

13:55 Design of mould fluxes for some challenging grades of steel - results from recent studies at IIT Kanpur - Rahul Sarkar (IIT Kanpur)

14:20 Alternative raw materials to control covering powders' sintering behavior - Milad Mahdi (Prosimet SpA)

14:45 Development and application of a new tundish and low RCS powder - Marc Faverjon (DEREF SpA)
15:10 COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
15:10 - 15:40
15:40 FLUID FLOW IN SEN AND MOLD: SIMULATION AND MEASUREMENTS
15:40 - 17:20
Contributions

15:40 Continuous Casting Mold Flow with Original and Used Nozzle Geometries: Numerical Flow Simulations and Water Model Measurements - Mirko Javurek (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institut für Strömungslehre und Wärmeübertragung)

16:05 Ways to study fluid flow in the mould – The application of Simulation Technology and Supplementary Tools for SEN Design Characterization and its Development - Gernot Hackl (RHI Magnesita GmbH)

16:30 State of the art on Measurement and Simulation of flow in the mould durch CC - Pawel Ramirez Lopez (Swerim)

16:55 to be announced - Alma Olivos-Suarez (Tata Steel)
18:00 WORKSHOP DINNER - Location to be announced
WORKSHOP DINNER - Location to be announced
18:00 - 21:00
Friday 13 March 2026
08:30 SURFACE QUALITY OF LONG AND FLAT SEMIS: PLANT RESULTS AND LAB EXPERIMENTS
08:30 - 10:10
Contributions

08:30 Effect of EMS Parameters on The Surface and Subsurface Defects - Carlo Mapelli (Politecno di Milano)

08:55 Influence of Mold Level Control Dynamics on Billet Surface Quality: A Quantitative Analysis - Federica Di Giovanni (Feralpi Siderurgica S.p.A.) Giulia Buratti (Feralpi Siderurgica S.p.A.)

09:20 Development of optimized continuous casting process for zero-defect round blooms production in high silicon 54SiCr6 automotive spring steel. Production trials in Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.a - Sara Busolini (ABS - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.A.)

09:45 Effect of Mn/S ratio on surface quality in continuous casting of steel - Takuya Takayama (Montanuniveristaet Leoben)
10:10 COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
10:10 - 10:40
10:40 NEW ENGINEERING CONCEPTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SURFACE QUALITY
10:40 - 11:30
Contributions

10:40 Mould design optimization for beam blank production - Stefano Baf

11:05 Our Segments like it hot – how Smart Segment Engineering directly influences Slab Surface Quality - Kerstin Baumgartner (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
11:30 LUNCH
LUNCH
11:30 - 13:00
13:00 SURFACE QUALITY PREDICTION IN CC AT THE CROSSROADS: FROM PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS TO DATA DRIVEN MODELS AND HYBRID APPROACHES
13:00 - 15:05
Contributions

13:00 AI powered surface inspection for billets - next generation quality control - Gerald Klösch (voestalpine Stahl Donawitz)

13:25 Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks for Prediction of the Slab Surface Crack Formation - Sung-Suk Jung (Posco)

13:50 Phenomenological prediction of surface defects: Fundamentals, tools, and results from slab casting - Julius Norrena (University of Oulu)

14:15 AI-Enhanced Mold Monitoring - Oliver Lang (Primetals Technologies Austria)

14:40 Process Chain Sensitivities in Green Steel Production: Tramp Element Impacts on Casting, Reheating and Descaling - Georg Gaiser (Montanuniveristaet Leoben)
15:05 Concluding remarks, closure of workshop: Riccardo Carli and Christian Bernhard
Concluding remarks, closure of workshop: Riccardo Carli and Christian Bernhard
15:05 - 15:15

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